Been seeing a lot of doomsaying in forums/in-game lately

[StriderShinryu]

A larger amount of it is ppl claiming the game is headed for failure because something they personally don't like exists in the game.

This is a huge point that doesn't really get much consideration.
Is FF14 perfect? No. Should players speak their minds and give mature, constructive feedback? Yes.
The issue is that a large portion of the negative "feedback" here boils down to "I don't like it therefore it's bad." There's a massive difference between not liking something and something being bad, but that seems to get lost on a lot of people here.